The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS.

The minis coined 264.l2J standard
silver dollars last week.
Il il figured that strike, and lockout,
cost the land $25, 900. 900 last year.
Lord Harrington has written ii letter
in support Of Mr.. Goschen for Parla-
ment.
Immigrantshave arrived in the Uni
ted States this year at the rate Of 1000
day.
Emin Bey has freed from the slay
trade province containing 10000, 900
inhabitants.
A tenant named keane lin County
Kerry. Ireland, was shot for paving
his rent.
Emperor William is deeply chagrined
over the rejection BY the Reicl,stag of
the Septenate bill.
Charles b. Farwell's nomination 10
the United States senate is said to have
cost him not less than 100000.
A citizen of st. Thomas. Ont eN
pended 800 dollars in lawyers fees and
costs in collecting debt Of $50.
Archdeacon Farrar says that ..in
India the English have ma one hum
dred drunkards for one Christian.
The son Of the late Earl Of Iddcs-
leigh denies that his father had any
quarrel with Lord Randolph Churchill.
Miss Edgerton. the only woman who
has received doctors degree from Col
umbia College is passing part Of the
winter in Boston.
A telephone service between Paris
and Brussels will be in operation during
January. and it is proposed to extend
it to Cologne.
Minister McLanc has been invited to
visit England during the jubilee because
he danced with Victoria when his faith
er was Minister under Jackson.
Herr Tisza, Hungarian Prime Minis
ter. has rendered the office Of Minister
Of Finance in the Hungarian Cabinet to
the brother Of Count Andrassy.
The wife of President Mousanet of
the Cleveland, Akron 4 Columbus
railway, was caught stealing dry goods
in a Cleveland store the other day.
The name of Connecticut Salvation
ist is '.Little Johnny Bull, the devil
killer, man-slayer. devil-hater. and son
of 4 king, fresh from the old country
The winter carnival 1T Montreal will
be held from Feb. to Il. The ice
castle will inclose an area Of 1900
square feet and be of an entirely new
design.
Solon Chase, the distinguished
Greenbacker Of Maine. has been left
homeless by fire and fund has been
started ut Lewiston. Me-. for his re-
lief.
In speech ut 4 banquet given i'll
Paris to celebrate the capture Of York
town. United States Minister McLanc
spoke in the highest terms Of Gen.
Boulanger.
Miss Brinck, a Swedc. and Miss Van
Oyerbeke are among the ladies who
have registered this Year after passing
the examinations of the Irish College of
Physicians.
The gross mineral output Of Montana
last year was $24.OUO,OOO. of which
there was $500. 900. in gold. $1,000
600 in copper. and $l3,5oo,OOO III >il-
yer.
Mrs. Leland Stanford of California is
erecting in Albany, n. Y, i home for
the aged poor and \ day nursery for
children Of poor working-women a !,
memorial to her parents.
The late Truman NJ Post of ST. Louis.
the pioneer of CongregationaliSm in the
West, learned Latin from grammar
fastened to the handle of his plow when
farn,-boy in Vermont
The Montreal Herald says that
Americans need not be afraid of
Canada. They are not afraid of
Canada. They are afraid of their own
State Department.-New York Iribuns.
Geo. w. Childs. proprietor Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, was much more
seriously injured by his recent fall than
was ut first supposed. He cannot Sii
up in bed, but is obliged to lie flat on
his back all the time.
The greatest bicycle race of this or
any other country took place at Min
neapolis. 1t was 4 siN-day contest. and
during that time Albert Schock rode
1,4O5 miles on his bicycle. breaking all
the previous records. One of his COM
petitors. Miss Armaindo, rode l.o4a
miles.
! A long-forgotten portrait Of Byron.
painted at Venice in 1916 by Natalie
Schiavoni and representing the poet
seated at i coffee-table, smoking. and
wearing high hat and voluminon-
cloak. has been discovered among some
unappreciated relics at Fiumc. Hun
gary.
Mrs Senator Stanford is said to have
worn jewels worth $5Ou.UOO al tho
White House reception last Thursday
night. Mrs. Frank Leslie'> jewels also
attracted attention. She wore her
celebrated diamonds. the size of bird :
eggs in her ears. and her cor>age was
one great blaze of rare gems.
The Duke Of Sutherland. who Is now
Of land in the United States. aggregat-
ing. it is said. $4,000 acres. His pos
sessions in Great Britain cover over l.
25s.545 acres. yielding an income of
| $7OS.3SJ. He also has $1,000. 900 in
vested in Sc otch railroad. He is the
owner of Dunrobin Castle. Loeb lnver
House. House Of Tongue. Tarbct House
and Castle Leod, all in Scotland. and
Stafford House. Trcniham Hall. Lille
shall Hall. and Chiefden. in England
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The year 46 B. {. was the ..iear of
Confusion. In order to adjust the